Obama can't save us

Guess what folks, neither Obama, McCain nor Ron Paul is going to save our assets. The Bush legacy has yet to be fully known. Our great, great grandkids will still be flipping us off for not doing a damn thing while the wealth of the world was transferred to the hands of just a few select families. I'm not just talking about money here - the real wealth of the world is our natural resources. The natural resources that make life on this planet worth living. The money is just an indicator of how fast we're depleting those resources.

If you had gone into a coma at the beginning of the Bush administration and awoken just yesterday, do you think you would believe the number of shocking changes that have taken place in just the past 8 years? A war, the failure of emergency services post Katrina, a near total collapse of the banking system, record joblessness, major corporations on the brink of Bankruptcy, nearly double the national debt (from 5,674,178,209,886.86 to 10,326,055,380,264.11 - spending more in an 8 year period than all other administrations combined), the lack of personal freedoms and loss of privacy. You would find that you can be taken in the middle of the night, held prisoner indefinitely and tortured - all without a warrant or any kind of trial - just for being suspected of any form of state terrorism. You would hear that the president has the power in an emergency to circumvent all other branches of government, take control of private businesses and any other action he/she determines is in our best interest at the time... and on, and on...

All of these changes will not be reversed or repaired by the next president. With nearly 11 trillion in debt, the next president faces double the debt. More of our taxes will have to go to paying interest on the debt that our government owes which means less money for social programs. There's no way we can continue to borrow to pay the monthly bills. Something has to give - and I seriously doubt that those with the most resources will be the ones to do the giving...

There is a way out of this mess, but it will not come from the top down. Changes that do the most good for society always come from the bottom up. Those that do the work have the real power, not the ones at the top that just redistribute the wealth. Just imagine what would happen if you were to work directly for the things you needed instead of trading your work for a piece of paper that continually buys less and less...